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From: taak9@isuvax.iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re: MEI Generic Disks (recommendations)
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 04:01:18 GMT
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In article <43159
@cup.portal.com>, DEVA@cup.portal.com (David Michael Alves) writes:
>
>Has anyone had any experience with MEI/Micro Center's generic disks?
>I ask because right now they have a special offer on their generic
>3.5" DS/DD at .35 cents apiece.
>
>Are these disks any good?  I want to purchase a few thousand, so if
>anyone has recommendations on these or any other quality disks at good
>prices, please respond.  Thanks!
>
>
>David Alves
>DEVA@cup.portal.com
>Devasoft 408/927-9645

 Hmm, I'm seeing nothing but good things, how about some bad...

About two years ago, a friend of mine bought about 50 of these, and I
ended up getting a couple of them.

 They weren't bad disks, as they did sort of work.  From what I saw
I wouldn't recommend them.  We had frequent problems with bad sectors
(usually just lost some bits) cropping up.  And it seemed to me that
the mechanical mechanism was really cheap.

 Depends on what you're going to do with them.  If you don't care about
you're data, no problem. (like making working copies of games and such)
But don't use them for important things like backing up harddrives.

 Recently I've been purchasing bulk Sony's from our user group for $.80
each.  The group makes something of a profit for library maintenance.
You can usually find bulk Sony's mail order for about $.50/each,
in quantities over 100.  I've have not had a bad disk yet from these
Sony's. (out of only about a 100 admittedly, but the user group has
sold thousands of these with no problems)

 The Sony's seem better made than the MEI's, and are not much more expensive.


---I should note that the MEI disks I saw were about two years ago, it
is quite possible that MEI has improved their quality since then.


Steve Sheldon               /// | Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!
taak9@ccvax.iastate.edu    ///  | 
Senior, Computer Science \XX/   | Non erravi perniciose!

